John Coltrane - In The Winner's Circle (2023 Reissue) - VINYL LP

With Live in Love, trumpeter-composer-arranger Philip Lassiter mixes socio-political messaging (InchMake America Love AgainInch) with humorous, earthy storytelling (InchPoof,Inch InchSuga Coat Me,Inch InchRoot ChakraInch) and some forays into old school funk (the James Brown-inspired InchRepentInch and the P-Funk-ish InchLove StoryInch).

The Estampie ensemble is known for playing medieval instruments in a modern sound. Their CD InchCrusadersInch, recorded in 1995, was a great success and is now being re-released as part of the Christophorus Entrée series at a favourable price. Using medieval songs and chants, Estampie takes the listener into the world of the crusaders and tells of the recruitment of the crusading preachers, of the grief of the beloved at parting, of the great dangers of the journey through to the conquest of Jerusalem. Various minstrels have their say, the most famous of whom is Walther von der Vogelweide, whose Palestine song forms the quintessence of the programme.

Soultrane is the fourth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1958 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7142. It was recorded at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey, three days after a Columbia Records session for Miles Davis and the Milestones album.